Stefan Golaszewski
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Stefan Golaszewski (born November 1980) is a British writer, performer and director. He is part of the comedy troupe Cowards and is the writer and creator of BAFTA-winning sitcoms Him & Her and Mum.
Early life and education
Golaszewski was born in November 1980.[1] His paternal grandfather, who was Polish, emigrated to the UK at the end of World War II.[2] Golaszewski was president of the Footlights while studying at the University of Cambridge.[3]
Career
In 2009, Golaszewski wrote, performed in and co-directed a pilot for BBC Three called Things Talk.[4] As a director, he won the if.comedy Best Newcomer Award with Tom Basden for Won't Say Anything in 2007 and again in 2009 with Jonny Sweet for Mostly About Arthur. His one-man play Stefan Golaszewski Speaks about a Girl He Once Loved was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008. Directed by Phillip Breen, it picked up a host of five-star reviews. This was later performed with another play Stefan Golaszewski Is a Widower at the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush, again to critical acclaim.[5] The two plays have since been published as The Stefan Golaszewski Plays.[6]
Golaszewski is a part of the comedy troupe Cowards, which also includes Tim Key, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf. They made a TV series for BBC Four, and their second Radio 4 series came out in late 2008.[7]
Golaszewski's sitcom Him & Her, starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani, aired on BBC Three for four series from 2010 to 2014 and won the 2014 British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy.[8] Golaszewski wrote Sex with a Stranger, staged in early 2012 and starring Tovey and Jaime Winstone.[9]
His second sitcom, Mum, starring Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan, premiered in 2016. Its second series was screened in 2018 and the third and final series was screened in 2019.[10]
His four-part drama Marriage aired in August 2022 starring Nicola Walker and Sean Bean.[11] The series received mostly very good reviews from critics, but mixed reviews from viewers.[12][13][14][15]
His series Babies was filming in England in 2025.[16]
Credits
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cowards | 3 episodes; also actor |
| Things Talk | Television film; also director | |
| 2010–2013 | Him & Her | 25 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2016–2019 | Mum | 18 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2022 | Marriage | 4 episodes; also director and executive producer |
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- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- British people of Polish descent
- British comedy writers
- British dramatists and playwrights
- British male comedians
- British male dramatists and playwrights
- British male television writers